Ironing table



Aug. 13, 1929. q;I R, REEVES 1,724,416

IRONING TABLE Filed March 17, 1928 Patented ug. 13, i929,

GROVER R. REEVES, OF LATAI-I, WASHINGTGN.

IRONING TABLE. l 1.',

Application filed March 17, 19,28.

This invention relates to ironing tables and to that class in which the ironing board is clamped upon a table by a clamping action existing between the inner end of the board itself and the leg of the board.

The general object of the present invention is to improve upon a yconstruction of this character by providing an ironing board and support therefor which has an auxiliary or shirt board adapted to be turned into operative position parallel to the main ironing board but in spaced relation thereto or turned over backward over the table and out of the way of the main ironing board entirely.

A further object is to provide means wherey the auxiliary board is-held against any lateral movement or against any strain which would otherwise be placed against the hinges.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ironing table constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof;

Figure 3 is a front view thereof;

Figure l is a fragmentary top plan view with the auxiliary table turned back.

Referring` to this drawing, 10 designates the main ironing board, the rear end of which is longitudinally slotted as at 11, the front wall of this slot being downwardly and forwardly inclined as at 12. Pads13 are mounted upon the upper face of the ironing board at the rear end thereof on each side of the opening 11.

(Jo-operating with the ironing board is a leg 11i rectangular in cross section and having its upper end disposed at less than a right angle to the longitudinal axis ofthe leg. This upper end is reduced in thickness so as to form an upwardly extending rib 15. rfhe leg has attached to it the cross bar 16 having a width equal to the width of the ironing board, this cross bar being set into a notch in the inner face of the leg. Hinges 17 are attached to this cross bar and tothe under face of the table. The rear portion of the board is adapted to rest against stops, strips or blocks 18 attached to the side faces of the leg, these stops having their upper Serial No. 262,425.

edges inclined with relation to the longitudinal axis or the leg, that is, disposed parallel to the normal horizontal position of the board 10 when the latter is in operative 1 position. The leg above the main ironing f board is formed with a right angular notch or recess 19, the inner face of which is padded at 20 and this recess is adapted to engage a table top A so that the table top will be gripped as between jaws between the to proand thus be held against any lateral move-Y ment which would put strain upon the hinges. llVhen this auxiliary board is turned over into parallel relation to the main ironing board 10, it acts as a shirt board upon which shirts and other like articles may be readily ironed but this shirt board may bo turned backward upon the table whenever it is desired to have the ironing board entirely free.v

Obviously minor changes might be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

l claim:

An ironing table comprising an ironing board having a longitudinally extending slot at its rear end, a leg extending downward through said slot, the leg being` formed wi th a cross bar, hinges on eachside of the leg andv connecting the cross bar to the under face of the ironing board, the leg having laterally projecting shoulders rearward of the cross bar, the ironing board being adapted to be turned from parallel into angular relation to the leg, the portion of the above the ironing board being formed with a recess in its rear face which, with the rear end of the ironing board, adapted to receive and clamp a table.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature.

GROVER R. REEVES. 

